There was a phrase back then that was used in politics: the Silent Majority.
Presidential election cycles tend to exacerbate the polarities at the base of the left and right, much to the chagrin of the silent majority of independent-minded voters.
They also remind us that the silent majority who once stood in the face of these threats will be silent no more and that public revulsion against the violence has strengthened the resolve of girls to go to school.
Nixon was the first Republican president to tap into the electoral appeal of the cowboy star as the faded mascot of the silent majority, the gentleman of the rugged West who got by fine without welfare and who shot bad guys when he had to.
The previous month, El Deeb made a telephone call to CNN to say the Sons of Mubarak -- and what he described as the "silent majority" -- were planning a protest in Roxy, an upper-class neighborhood in Cairo.
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As he started his arduous treatment, Ron, a family man and a professional counsellor in his 50s, from London, decided to strike a blow for the "silent majority" with hepatitis C who were too frightened to speak about their condition.
The long fight over the Bush domestic antiterror effort was a case study in partisan extremism run amok in Washington, even as a silent majority of Americans across the political spectrum wanted such protections.
The majority of mainland state media continue to stay silent on the identity of Dorothy Lu Lingzi, a Chinese student from north-east Shenyang, who was one of three people killed by the Boston marathon bombings.
Sarin played down the threats to his position Monday, and claimed there was a "silent" majority behind his plans.
"There is very strong, if silent, majority who are highly supportive of a plan that energizes the institution, " he said.
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